NEWLY DEVELOPED EVIDENCE IN THE RAPE AND MURDER OF 10 YEAR OLD VICTORIA MARTENS IN 2016 IS RESULTING IN A WHOLE NEW UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAPPENED. BERNALILLO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY RAUL TORRES SAYS CELL PHONE EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT HER MOTHER, MICHELLE MARTENS AND HER BOYFRIEND FABIAN GONZALES WERE NOT PRESENT WHEN VICTORIA WAS KILLED. THE MURDER CHARGES AGAINST BOTH HAVE BEEN DROPPED AND MICHELLE HAS ENTERED A PLEA AGREEMENT TO A CHARGE OF RECKLESS CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN DEATH, THE SAME CHARGE GONZALES NOW FACES. THE THIRD SUSPECT IN THE CASE, JESSICA KELLEY STILL FACES AN OPEN COUNT OF MURDER.
INVESTIGATORS DO HAVE PARTIAL DNA EVIDENCE RECOVERED FROM VICTORIA’S BODY BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO IDENTIFY A SUSPECT IN THE CASE.
